The energy of an oscillator decays to half its energy at t = 0 after 70 oscillations. How much time will it take for the oscillator's amplitude to decay to one hundredth of its original amplitude?
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Therefore, if the energy decays to half its original value after 70 oscillations, the amplitude would have decreased to √(1/2) = 1/√2 = √2/2 ≈ 0.707 times its original value. Show more…
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